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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō) is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō (Young Guy) film series.

He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard, starring Toshirō Mifune. Kayama reported that he found the two years spent making this film the most difficult, but proudest work of his life.

As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ventures, and performed a form of psychedelic surf music in the 1960s with his Mosrite guitar. One of his best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever"), another of his compositions, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1965. At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history.

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Yūzō Kayama 加山 雄三Kayama, nascido em 11 de abril de 1937, é um músico, cantor e compositor e compositor japonês. Yuzo Kayama assinou com Toho e fez sua estréia no cinema com Otoko tai Otoko, dirigido por Senkichi Taniguchi em 1960. Ele foi escalado para o papel principal no filme de 1960, Dokuritsu Guaii Nishie, dirigido por Kihachi. Wakadaishō. Ele mostrou sua habilidade para o drama quando Akira Kurosawa o escalou para seus filmes Sanjuro e Barba Vermelha. Na década de 1970, ele estrelou dramas de televisão como Edo no Kaze e Daitsuiseki. Em 2017, ele cantou o tema dos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2020 "Tóquio Gorin Ondo 2020".

Юдзо Каяма - популярный японский музыкант и актёр. Его отец, Кен Уэхара, был кинозвездой в 1930-е годы. Юдзо Каяма стал большой звездой в 1960-е, снявшись в серии фильмов Wakadaishō (Молодой парень). Он проявил свои способности характерного актёра, когда Акира Куросава выбрал его для своего фильма 1965 года «Красная борода» с Тосиро Мифунэ в главной роли. Как гитарист он черпал вдохновение в американской инструментальной группе The Ventures и в 1960-х исполнил форму психоделической серф-музыки на своей гитаре Mosrite. Его композиция "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever") разошлась тиражом более двух миллионов экземпляров и была награждена золотым диском в 1965 году. На тот момент это был самый продаваемый диск в истории японской звукозаписывающей индустрии.